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linebackers

linebackers is the plural of linebacker.

Meaning of linebacker

Noun

linebacker (plural linebackers)

  1. The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.
    • The linebacker corralled the runner who had slipped through the hole.

Questions about linebackers

What is linebackers the plural of?
Linebackers is the plural of linebacker.

Words near linebackers in the dictionary

  1. lineations
  2. lineature
  3. lineatures
  4. Lineback
  5. linebacker
  6. linebackers
  7. linebacking
  8. Linebacks
  9. Linebarger
  10. Linebargers
  11. Linebaugh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linebackers (page history and authors); linebacker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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